Abstract

A new type of eco-friendly molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was synthesized through an efficient one-pot room-temperature sol–gel polymerization and applied as a molecular recognition element to construct dopamine (DA) fluorescence (FL) optosensor. Highly luminescent carbon dots (CDs) were firstly synthesized via a one-step reaction in organosilane, and their surface were anchored with MIP matrix (CDs@MIP). The resulting composite of a synergetic combination of CDs with MIP showed high photostability and template selectivity. Moreover, the composite allowed a highly sensitive determination of DA via FL intensity decreasing when removal of the original templates. The new MIP-based DA sensing protocol was applied to detect DA concentration in aqueous solution, the relative FL intensity of CDs@MIP decreased linearly with the increasing DA in the concentration range of 25–500nM with a detection limit (3σ) of 1.7nM. Furthermore, the proposed method was successfully intended for the determination of trace DA in human urine samples without the interference of other molecules and ions.

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